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Social media has become just a large engagement farm. (lemmy.eco.br)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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(Fisrt time posting on Lemmy, please be patient)

I don't know if it was also like this before, but I feel like recently every social media is focused on getting comments, likes, views, people sharing your post, being popular, when the before that (late 199X- mid 201x) was more about being unique and just sharing your own creations and remixes. What makes me feel like this is that whenever I (rarely) open Twitter and go to the homepage most of the posts are something baiting the viewer into commenting or sharing. When your post doesn't has many interactions or views, you're deemed as "a failure". It seems like the (anti)social media is empty with baits and overshared memes. Long gone were the days of being original without having to directly copy someone to have validation and recognition.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Agreed. Probably not unpopular? It's a big business now for sure focused on ads, propaganda, and money.